Liberal Cancellation Policy: You may cancel any time prior to attendance and receive a full tuition refund less a $25 administrative fee. Or, if you like, you may use your entire tuition amount as a credit against a future registration.

Classroom Location

AEI’s Te­lluride classroom is located in the 4th floor meeting room of
Bear Creek Lodge in Mountain Village. Bear Creek Lodge offers easy access to
boutique shopping, fine dining and world class skiing along with a luxuriou­s,
relaxing atmosphe­re nestled in a forest of spruce. On offer are accommo­dations
ranging from hotel rooms to condomi­niums featuring one, two, three and four
bedrooms. Each condomi­nium includes a generous size living room with a gas
firepla­ce, a spacious dining area, full gourmet kitchen, and deluxe
bathroom­s. Need a ride from the Gondola or somewhere else in Mountain Village
to Bear Creek Lodge? No problem, just call their complimen­tary shuttle service
at 970.369­.4900 and they’ll take good care of you,

Discounted Lodging

Bear Creek
Lodge offers AEI registran­ts an advance, direct booking discount. Contact
Bear Creek Lodge directly at 888.729­.0398 and reference discount code: AEI,
for rates and availabi­lity. The discount only applies if it and the discount
code are referen­ced at the time of booking. The discount applies not just to
Bear Creek Lodge but also a variety of other properti­es, condomi­niums and
homes includin­g:

Directions

At the entrance of Mountain Village: Take a right/left onto Mountain Village
Boulevard between mile markers 68 and 69. You will notice the sign marking
Mountain Village. Continue driving east on Mountain Village Blvd for
approxi­mately 2 miles, take a right onto San Joaquin Road, after traveling
0.4 miles turn left into Bear Creek Lod­ge.

Schedule

Monday

Practitioner and award winning clinical instructor, Louis Kuritzky, MD, reviews a variety of clinically relevant items that, despite their utility, are not well known. His discussion includes use of carvedilol to treat rosacea, assessing osteoporosis risk in men via the MORES score, exercise as a depression treatment, efficacy and risks of supplements, timing the start of combined oral contraception, the association between diagonal earlobe crease and coronary artery disease, treating Schamberg's disease with pentoxifylline, and the causal link between proton pump inhibitors and hypomagnesemia.

Healthcare offices are particularly vulnerable to embezzlement from both external and internal sources. Attorney Ike Z. Devji, Esq. reviews areas of risk, common scams, the telltale signs of fraud and those committing it, as well as the policies, procedures and other safeguards available to minimize exposure to this type of theft.

Nationally renowned practice management speaker, consultant, and author, Elizabeth Woodcock, MBA, FACMPE, CPC, highlights the economic imperative of collecting patient responsible fees and then describes practices and policies which will maximize the likelihood of doing so before the patient leaves the office. Areas discussed include financial clearance as well as pre-visit and time-of-service communications and practices.

Attorney and financial management expert, David B. Mandell, JD, MBA, reviews a number of risks associated with professional practice and explores behaviors which can reduce these vulnerabilities as well as financial and legal tools available to reduce financial exposure by protecting professional and personal assets. Areas covered include protective benefit plans, retirement plans, charging orders and optimum asset ownership structures.

Professor of Pharmacy and Family Medicine, C. Wayne Weart, PharmD, in this first installment of a two-part talk reviews six immunization updates from the CDC, as well as a number of new FDA-approved cholesterol drugs and updated lipid guidelines.

Licensed physician and practicing attorney, Andrew M. Knoll, MD, JD, leverages his multi-discipline experience to explore the medical malpractice litigation process and the legal concepts and objectives underlying it. In part one of this two-part talk, Dr. Knoll discusses professional liability insurance variations and idiosyncrasies, the four elements of a negligence claim, informed consent and entity liability.

Wednesday

Joseph W. Shannon, PhD, draws on over 30 years of clinical psychological counseling experience to provide a nuts and bolts exploration of the seven core characteristics of unreasonable people, pathways to reasoning with these types of patients, and six key strategies for handling difficult conversations with them and their family members.

Oral and maxillofacial surgeon licensed to practice both dentistry and medicine, Jeffrey O. Capes, MD, DMD, explores one of the leading causes of ER admissions: odontogenic infections. This first installation of his two-part talk reviews patient presentation, etiology, stage assessment, indications for referral, lab and radiographic evaluation, the microbiology, and surgical treatment options including when incision and drainage is appropriate.

Physician and oral surgeon, Jeffrey O. Capes, MD, DMD, draws on his multi-disciplinary background to present the second installation of his two-part presentation. After quickly reviewing key points of his first talk he then focuses on antibiotic therapy discussing proper drug selection referencing toxicity and cost considerations, treatment duration, compliance issues, risk factors and patient follow-up as well as the implications of a recently published study of microflora in maxillofacial infections.

Practicing attorney and former internist and emergency room physician, Andrew M. Knoll, MD, JD, returns to lay out the litigation process from medical record request to verdict. Topics covered include service of the complaint, proper interaction with insurance carrier and the attorney they provide, the discovery process, expert and defendant physician testimony, settlement negotiations, courtroom proceedings, and independent legal counsel.